On we march

[ramsfan]

great result against shels, keeps the pressure on harps
all we need to do is win last two games and hopefully harps will slip
need to keep momentum for play offs if needed

rams ye are doing us proud keep it up:D

[marty]

Some result this was our potential slip up but we proved too strong yet again,harps got a good result tonight i think the best we can do is hope they bottle it away from home.I hope the supporters club organise a bus to athlone and advertise it properly there surly would be interest its going right to the wire this year shame bout second place play off fiasco:mad:!!

[luka]

I think we need to realise at this stage that we are relying on Harps to slip up. I don't thinks that's such a great position to be in really

[marty]

[quote=luka;801987]I think we need to realise at this stage that we are relying on Harps to slip up. I don't thinks that's such a great position to be in really


No its not but they did lose away to athlone a few weeks back,im sure there quite confident as their nearly home and dry but id be very confident of a result against dundalk and waterford and the two money spinning home legs will add to our coffers,in all this season has been excellent when you consider the size of the squad.

[don ramo]

great stuff by the lads to come back especially away from home, did shels have a good team out, id say wathever way it stands after next weeks results will be the final standings, i think now it either waterford or longford in play-offs would prefer waterford for travel (and easier opponents:D) hope it wont come to that but it a matter of harps blinking, cant honestly see it, but two games, seen it go wrong many time last day games, so lets all band together and lets get that magic bus to atlone in two weeks to roar on the rams,

great work again by hendo and all the lads, :ball::ball:

[jebus]

Wouldn't be too worried about Harps, ye'd take Dundalk any day of the week to get to that playoff final at this stage, and once there you lot will probably have the confidence to beat a team that are used to losing practically every week, be it Waterford or Galway

[Conor H]

Er.....have you checked the table jebus no?
We're now 8th.....a point in the RSC and we avoid the playoff's.
Bray or UCD could easily be in the playoff's,as you well know of course but chose to omit for whatever reason.

[jebus]

Er.....have you checked the table jebus no?
We're now 8th.....a point in the RSC and we avoid the playoff's.
Bray or UCD could easily be in the playoff's,as you well know of course but chose to omit for whatever reason.

It's because I like them Conor and I don't like Galway

[Conor H]

It's because I like them Conor and I don't like Galway

Figured as much.

On a side note,was actually happy ye beat Dundalk last night.It might be enough for that spoofer Mcgee to keep his job down there!:DSeriously get rid of him-complete tosser.

[jebus]

Figured as much.

On a side note,was actually happy ye beat Dundalk last night.It might be ebough for that spoofer Mcgee to keep his job down there!:DSeriously get rid of him-complete tosser.

You're preaching to the choir on that one Conor.

[outside in]

was davin playing last night?wit da lads on such
good form i cant see him getting back up front...
well done lads great result last night

[Rams-07]

Was at the match last night lads and must say at half time I couldnt see us winning but whatever Hendo said at the break it worked bigtime..we were a different team altogether in 2nd half..the early goal settled us and Cummins header was a bullet.Ken Coleman outstanding at the back.Davin played from the start but loooked like he needs a couple of matches to get back to his best.
Huge crowd again from Cobh despite no bus been organised.Alot of people stayed overnight..roll on Monaghon

[depor]

great performance again last night, to come back from a goal down up there is great stuff. kieran o reilly is looking very fresh, hes recovering his speed. cummins' goal was a bullet of a header and nothing cud have stopped it. good support up there again but cant understand the point of the supporters club if they dont run buses:confused:. maybe thats an issue for another day but we'll stay positive and talk about the great result.

[bellavistaman]

Unbelievable result, prob one of the besty of the season, jesus reilly nearly top scorer in space of 3 games, keep it up kieran. Brilliant result well done lads.

[RamsieOnTour]

Also was at the game it was a great result But id have to scratch my head as to why there were prob only 30 to 40 people from Cobh at this game I dont want to unsettle things now but surely when the season comes to an end this should come as a big issue> Why havent the supporters club been running busses all year I remember they often ran busses 4 ta 5 years ago when we had nothing to play for in the league>
Surley our club club can organise busses for us>

[Comic Book Guy]

Could be open to correction on this but I think that the S.Club organised buses in the past, took the names of those interested, booked the bus only for some of the people who put their names down to pull out at the last moment and travel themselves leaving the SC with a loss after running the bus. Also I think that there seemed to be a lot of unsupervised teens travelling.

[depor]

Could be open to correction on this but I think that the S.Club organised buses in the past, took the names of those interested, booked the bus only for some of the people who put their names down to pull out at the last moment and travel themselves leaving the SC with a loss after running the bus. Also I think that there seemed to be a lot of unsupervised teens travelling.

comic book guy u sound like ur reading from the same page as the SC, r u on the commitee of the SC???

theres a few points i have to make:
1. when buses are run, or car trips for that matter, people will pull out, thats a fact of life. always was the way always will be. it is annoying but what u r saying is its better off not to run any at all. if you need 100% gaurantees ur saying that there never will be any more buses.

2. about the running at a loss???? the supporters club is for supporters, its not a profit making enterprise. the people of cobh give the money in the faith that it is used to support the SC and the football club. running buses is a form of helping the team.:confused:

3. and ur final point about the ''unsupervised teens'' is right out of their book:rolleyes: look tbh i am 23 so i drive to the games anyway, so i wouldnt use the buses all the time. but this issue has been annoying me for a while as i am o loyal supporter who loves CRFC, and what i am seeing is this SC turning away young enthusiastic supporters from our club, how ridiculus, its a ****ing disgrace. every week i have young fellas asking can they come up with me to the next away game, id like to bring them all but i drive a car not a bus so i can only bring a few.

the fact of the matter is this, members of the SC dont care about our young supporters because they travel up in the team bus. its a matter of feck them once we (SC members) are ok. theres a lot of hangers on and people looking for the free ride.

the real supporters are the people like us who travel to the away games on our own buck, not leeching from the club. i would also like to know where the money collected by the SC is going????

IS IT TIME TO START ANOTHER BETTER AND FAIRER SUPPORTERS CLUB, WHO GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THE SUPPORTERS, AND ARE NOT JUST GOING ALONG FOR THE FREE WEEKENDS OUT ON BEHALF OF THE DONATERS TO THE SC.:mad:

[MojoPin]

i agree with you depor on the fact that the supporters club should be running buses on a loss basis what with alll teh tickets they sell and stuff but honestly can u tell me that u would take a bus to dublin say for a tener if you could drive with a few of your friends? the bus that was orgainsed to dundalk was terrible a pack of knackers that were a bad image to the club! i think the supports club is right to discontinue the buses if only under 15's use them. if the club organsed a bus that was for season ticket holders and the like mine would be the first name on the list...... i do think the SC should have a bus but it has to be policed look at dundalk last week a certain minority of them were utter scum...

i cannot see some of the fans i know on here and in person sitting on a 3 hour bus journey with 40 drunk teenagers

[thegafferman]

great stuff by the lads to come back especially away from home, did shels have a good team out, id say wathever way it stands after next weeks results will be the final standings, i think now it either waterford or longford in play-offs would prefer waterford for travel (and easier opponents:D) hope it wont come to that but it a matter of harps blinking, cant honestly see it, but two games, seen it go wrong many time last day games, so lets all band together and lets get that magic bus to atlone in two weeks to roar on the rams,

great work again by hendo and all the lads, :ball::ball:

kildaare sent their u 21 s to harps .. shels field their strongest eleven afterwards shels mgr says hendo should get mgr of the year.... and rightly so

[Rams-07]

kildaare sent their u 21 s to harps .. shels field their strongest eleven afterwards shels mgr says hendo should get mgr of the year.... and rightly so
Have heard a lot of teams are letting players go now to save costs so there will be u21`s getting a game to save money.
Dermot Keely is right..Hendo should get manager of the year..a lot of people on this forum are saying that for months.
Interesting to see Pat Fenlon at a Rams game 2 weeks in a row.
Hope he recognises what a great bunch of young players we have in Cobh and picks them for the u23 side.

[rambler14]

Interesting to see Pat Fenlon at a Rams game 2 weeks in a row.
Hope he recognises what a great bunch of young players we have in Cobh and picks them for the u23 side.
Didn't realise he was at the Dundalk game or at the shels game fair fecks to him.

I have to agree with depor about the SC. I agreed with him last night at the match and after some time to think about it i still do. A BREAKAWAY SUPPPORTERS CLUB seems to be the way forward as our current supporters club only organise a lotto draw and nothing else. They are useless.

Credit where credit is due to the lads last night they were shockin in 1st half but they were absolutely outstanding in the 2nd half. Well done Hendo and the boys.

[rambler14]

A solution to the Supporters problem why don't we take names at the Monaghan game for a bus up and see how many names we can get? That way its open to all Rams fans.
Marco has the contact in the Shamrock Lodge hotel so he will have names for making reservations.

As a matter of curiousity is there anyone from the Supporters club on here?

[Comic Book Guy]

comic book guy u sound like ur reading from the same page as the SC, r u on the commitee of the SC???

theres a few points i have to make:
1. when buses are run, or car trips for that matter, people will pull out, thats a fact of life. always was the way always will be.

2. about the running at a loss???? the supporters club is for supporters, its not a profit making enterprise. the people of cobh give the money in the faith that it is used to support the SC and the football club. running buses is a form of helping the team.:confused:

3. and ur final point about the ''unsupervised teens'' is right out of their book:rolleyes: look tbh i am 23 so i drive to the games anyway, so i wouldnt use the buses all the time. the fact of the matter is this, members of the SC dont care about our young supporters because they travel up in the team bus. its a matter of feck them once we (SC members) are ok. theres a lot of hangers on and people looking for the free ride.

the real supporters are the people like us who travel to the away games on our own buck, not leeching from the club. i would also like to know where the money collected by the SC is going????

IS IT TIME TO START ANOTHER BETTER AND FAIRER SUPPORTERS CLUB, WHO GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THE SUPPORTERS, AND ARE NOT JUST GOING ALONG FOR THE FREE WEEKENDS OUT ON BEHALF OF THE DONATERS TO THE SC.:mad:

A Few points to make,
1 I am not on the committee of the SC.

2 If people ask for a bus and the SC then go to the trouble of organising one then common courtesy would say that the SC should be told as places would have been kept for the people that pulled out and those spaces could be given to someone else instead.

3 Your right that the supporters club is for the supporters.

4 The SC have been brilliant to the club over the years, they funded the stand at the top of the ground, they have also paid for a lot of other projects in the club ver the years and have taken out a substantial loan to help fund the new stand.

5. Your last two comments about the Sc are way offside because there are a number of good people who have been involved over the years with the SC and who are still there who give up their spare time on a Saturday night to go and sell the lotto tickets which have funded a lot for the club over the years and I think those remarks should be withdrawn.

[depor]

A Few points to make,
1 I am not on the committee of the SC.

2 If people ask for a bus and the SC then go to the trouble of organising one then common courtesy would say that the SC should be told as places would have been kept for the people that pulled out and those spaces could be given to someone else instead.

3 Your right that the supporters club is for the supporters.

4 The SC have been brilliant to the club over the years, they funded the stand at the top of the ground, they have also paid for a lot of other projects in the club ver the years and have taken out a substantial loan to help fund the new stand.

5. Your last two comments about the Sc are way offside because there are a number of good people who have been involved over the years with the SC and who are still there who give up their spare time on a Saturday night to go and sell the lotto tickets which have funded a lot for the club over the years and I think those remarks should be withdrawn.


about ur 2nd point: i know it would be common courtesy to let them know if ppl pull out of trip, i never once said that it was acceptable that people just pull out without letting them know. all i said was that there are people that dont have common courtesy.

about your 4th point: im well aware of their contribution to the club, i wasnt on about the SC commitee of the past as they ran buses, aswell as pay for the east stand and much more.


about your 5th point: i dont think them comments should be withdrawn as i never once said all of the SC commitee in them comments. i said a few were going along for the ride.

my comments reflect what a lot of the travelling supporters felt last night.

[don ramo]

not exactly brain science lads, if you want your name on a list for the bus you pay a deposit up-front, if you dont pay the deposit then your obviosuly tryin to pull the wool over peoples eyes sayin your following the team, when you have all the deposits in then you order a bus to acomodate the amount that have sgned up, plus about ten more for mind changers,
as for tickets, as said these people give there time to help the club but when there going round the ground selling tickets they dont ask people, they walk at a fair pace and if you wnat one you must know there names and and they must hear you when you call them (i havent bought them in a while cause of this and i think it rigged:D),
also marco seems to runing more SC stuff than the actual SC so a breakaway section doesnt seem like a bad idea to be honest

[rambler14]

not exactly brain science lads, if you want your name on a list for the bus you pay a deposit up-front, if you dont pay the deposit then your obviosuly tryin to pull the wool over peoples eyes sayin your following the team, when you have all the deposits in then you order a bus to acomodate the amount that have sgned up, plus about ten more for mind changers,


Very good idea don.

[6yardpunisha]

not exactly brain science lads, if you want your name on a list for the bus you pay a deposit up-front, if you dont pay the deposit then your obviosuly tryin to pull the wool over peoples eyes sayin your following the team, when you have all the deposits in then you order a bus to acomodate the amount that have sgned up, plus about ten more for mind changers,
as for tickets, as said these people give there time to help the club but when there going round the ground selling tickets they dont ask people, they walk at a fair pace and if you wnat one you must know there names and and they must hear you when you call them (i havent bought them in a while cause of this and i think it rigged:D),
also marco seems to runing more SC stuff than the actual SC so a breakaway section doesnt seem like a bad idea to be honest

Can i ask a question and i dont want someone jumping down my throat as question is being asked out of ignorance.

What do the supporters club do?

I repeat that is a genuine question

[rambler14]

Can i ask a question and i dont want someone jumping down my throat as question is being asked out of ignorance.

What do the supporters club do?

I repeat that is a genuine question

Thats just it nobody knows what the SC do its like a secret society!

[don ramo]

they do a good few things no doubth, but they seem to be forgeting some of there other duties, thats whats in question(buses flags and stuff like that), they do a lot of fundrasing activities,

[RamsieOnTour]

Wel I no it was a friday night but I felt it was sad to see such a poor crowd of travelling supporters at the game Probally one of the most important fixtures of the season and with such a close finish to the league.

I think the commitee of the SC dont realise what exactily they doing wrong they need new members young or old with new ideas id love to be in the supporters club but unfortunatly with college and work I dont be in Cobh very often. Some time down the line I will be involved.
There are some older members of the sc with good intensions but are still living in the 1980s this needs to change and only us the supporters can do this.
If there are any members of the Sc that are on this site Id like if they printed this Thread off and brought it to the next meeting.


For our club changes have to be made in the close season.

[Cici900]

I was very dissapointed i cudnt go but i had my appendix out on wednesday night. Failed a late fitness test friday morning. Only released today what a time for appendix to strike:rolleyes:blood pressure went through roof while game was on. delighted with result

well done to hendo and the lads:ball::ball:

at least appendix cant stop me from goin to athlone
lookin forward to seein lissywoolen. has to be a huge improvement on the dump st. mels was

C'MON THE RAMS!!!

[rambler14]

Lets hope Harps play like this against Athlone and Kilkenny.

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=K7QAaTh6VRk

It was 9-0 at half time i'll be absolutely delighted if Athlone are even 1 up at half time.

[luka]

I haven't read all the posts above but an idea for going to away games would be that as soon as the new fixture list is available, albeit first or premier division, then the Supporters Club should action and post a list of in the club house of all away League games. All fees should be paid in advance (2 wks). The deposit business thingy should be forgotten about. Fees should be all paid up approx two weeks in advance of any away game. Doing this will enable the SC to establish a pretty good head count.

If the fixture list is posted in the Club house then there should be no excuses from either side, either about seats not being available or the SC not organising a bus. Supporters Clubs need to have very strong people onboard because there is alot of chasing people for this that and the other. Breakaway clubs are not the way to go lads. For one: The club won't recognise you and thats the single most important point I can stress.Just my two cents worth anyway. Oh......and NO. I'm not connected to the SC. Also we do need to keep in mind that the people involved in the SC do this outta the kindness of their hearts and give their free time for FREE.

Just thought I'd add in that last line because when I go for a quite pint I'd like it to stay that way

[rambler14]

What if someone wrote an open letter to the SC and have it published in the Monaghan programme?

[luka]

A letter about what?

[rambler14]

A letter about what?

Supporters issues with the SC!

[bellavistaman]

What if someone wrote an open letter to the SC and have it published in the Monaghan programme?

Think logical it wouldnt be published.

[6yardpunisha]

Think logical it wouldnt be published.

im still none the wiser as to what SC actually do, do they answer to the main committee or what, do they bring accounts to the AGM. Why dont we put up a letter here between us as i have no doubt that there is someone here who could print it off and give it to one of the SC committee

[luka]

I'm still a little bewildered. What do you hope that sending in a letter about the SC will achieve? What is it people are so desperate to find out? Is it a case of now the people have achieved an EGM that its time to start on the SC or am I totally misreading this whole thing? Like I said before, these people give their time free. Are there people here who want to get them replaced for some reason or other? Thing is, are those that have brought this issue up willing to give their time as those in the SC are now?

I just don't get why this issue has arisen really...........

[bellavistaman]

I just don't get why this issue has arisen really...........

Possibly because of the teams performance attracting more fans, and the fact that all games are so important and people want to get there, yet no bus is run from club. Doesnt affect me personally thats why i havent added much to this one.

[luka]

Possibly because of the teams performance attracting more fans, and the fact that all games are so important and people want to get there, yet no bus is run from club. Doesnt affect me personally thats why i havent added much to this one.

Pomit taken. Just a pity that people aren't crying out for a bus at the start and middle of a season eh!

[bellavistaman]

Pomit taken. Just a pity that people aren't crying out for a bus at the start and middle of a season eh!

Indeed.

[6yardpunisha]

I'm still a little bewildered. What do you hope that sending in a letter about the SC will achieve? What is it people are so desperate to find out? Is it a case of now the people have achieved an EGM that its time to start on the SC or am I totally misreading this whole thing? Like I said before, these people give their time free. Are there people here who want to get them replaced for some reason or other? Thing is, are those that have brought this issue up willing to give their time as those in the SC are now?

I just don't get why this issue has arisen really...........

people are only asking why certain things aren't being done by SC, just because they are doing it for nothing means that people cant ask questions, the commitee work for nothing and yet it seems to be acceptable to question them. There is no one going after the SC, they just want some answers to questions

[luka]

people are only asking why certain things aren't being done by SC, just because they are doing it for nothing means that people cant ask questions, the commitee work for nothing and yet it seems to be acceptable to question them. There is no one going after the SC, they just want some answers to questions

Maybe, but, and not wanting to get into a great debate about this, but isn't this the way that the 'going after the current committee' thing also started? The EGM thing has been achieved by those involved and personally I don't agree with it so close to the end of a tremendous season, but for now we need to forget all this kind of stuff and let the team do the talking. After all, its what the team do that counts. All other off field matters should be taken care of off-season.

[ramblers]

Agree with Luka people need to leave all this to the off season and if you feel that strongly about it get involved and put your ideas forward in either the Club Commitee or the Supporters club. They are always looking for extra help.

[depor]

it dosnt affect me personally either as i drive to the games but i just gave my comment as it does affect other younger supporters.

[drinkfeckarse]

My 2 cents worth. My team sometimes organise a supporters bus but only when they have enough names to at least get a mini bus. This is done by the committee as we don't have a supporters club (we're not a big club).

All our games are played on a Saturday afternoon. If we have an away game the following Saturday then names have to be put down on a list in the bar by Sunday evening so a bus can be organised if required on the Monday morning. Simple really as everyone knows the procedure.

It would hardly be difficult to put something like that in place. Everyone would know the procedure pretty quickly.